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usually uncountable, plural endogamies
The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group. quotations examples
Far from suggesting a demoralized culture, endogamy here seemed the mark of a buoyantly confident group, settled in their skin and not needing outsiders.
1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage, published 2007, page 24
(biology) The fusion of two related gametes.